Bay packers hosted the detroit lions at lambeau field sunday, december 28, 2008. Lambeau field is an outdoor athletic stadium in the north central united states, located in green bay, wisconsin. The nfls new touchdown rules could endanger the lambeau. Green bay packers donald driver attempts to drink beer from crazed fan during his lambeau leap.
And once he made it to the end zone, he beelined straight for the lambeau field stands. Packer fan tours lambeau leap zone the official tour. Minnesota vikings at green bay packers september 7th. I had so much fun at that game, although walking out of lambeau after a loss surrounded by thousands of happy bears fans is something i couldve done without.
Green bay packers wide receiver donald drivers best lambeau leaps through the years. I really like sitting in motorolas box seats though. That doesnt diminish his memories of 28 touchdowns in green bay and. Tyler dunne will report live from donald driver s retirement ceremony. Lambeau, along with his friend and fellow green bay, wisconsin native george whitney calhoun, founded the green bay packers in 1919. Leroy butlers fumble recovery for a touchdown against the raiders in 1993 leads to the initial lambeau leap. Enter your email address to receive lambeau leap updates. The 12 coldest games in green bay packers history pro football. Informally known as new city stadium for its first eight seasons, it was renamed in. Thats eddie lacys big question as he returns to green bay originally published september 7, 2017 at 4.
In a night game at camp randall stadium against purdue. Earl louis curly lambeau april 9, 1898 june 1, 1965 was an american professional football player and coach in the national football league nfl. Fans flock to lambeau field to hear donald drivers. Interactive displays will have you exploring teams of the past and present. Now were studying the logistics of the lambeau leap, which seems treacherous because the field dips after the end zone and again at the wall. State journal shot of brett favre named one of 100 best sports. October 24, 2004a green bay packers receiver donald driver settles in amongst the fans as he enjoys a lambeau leap after scoring on a. The green bay packers have played in 12 games since 1940 where the recorded. Dilip vishwanatgetty images during ahman greens playing days, the lambeau leaps were scored. Also, i am looking at tickets on the 2030 yd line or the 3040 yd line, any. The organization will continue to monitor the situation and reassess conditions as needed. When he was picked in the seventhround of 1999 nfl draft, donald driver.
The lambeau leap is the tradition of packer players leaping into the stands during home games at lambeau field and into the arms of fans after making a scoring or other big play. Packers qb aaron rodgers top 10 throws 2019 season. Packer fan tours lambeau field seating information the. The nfls new touchdown rules could endanger the lambeau leap although many of the nfls most famous celebrations last less than 15 seconds, analysis reveals that green bays leaps take a. Heading into sundays nfc wild card game, green bay packers fullback john kuhn had scored 12 career touchdowns at lambeau field. Pulling off the lambeau leap will cost you 15 yards in college football. Lambeau field seating descriptions there are about 72,500 seats at the new lambeau field. It wasnt quite a lambeau leap, but packers wide receiver tori gurley did the next best thing during day 4 of packers training camp.
Genealogy profile for donald earl lambeau donald earl lambeau 1920 1984 genealogy genealogy for donald earl lambeau 1920 1984 family tree on geni, with over 190 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Atlanta native jerrick mckinnon mimics falcons celebration, plus more on other big plays. The packers hall of fame is located inside the lambeau field atrium. Over the last 18 years, the lambeau leap has been incorporated into video games, tolerated by nfl celebration rules and embraced by anyone who puts on the g helmet. Donald drivers charity softball game returns in august. Dedicated to the best football team in the world invite all of packer nation. Can we all take a moment to remember mark tauschers. Butler scored a defensive touchdown in a game against the raiders in 1993. Donald driver had plenty of opportunities to hone his leap, having scored 28 touchdowns at lambeau.
The destination for all national football leaguerelated video on the web. These can be grouped into several types of seating, described as follows. Yes, it happened this weekend during the home game between the local green bay packers and arch enemies detroit lions. The first lambeau leap was actually done by a defensive player, strong safety leroy butler. Fans flock to lambeau field to hear donald driver s retirement remarks posted 5. They didnt win, but we got so close to seeing a good old brett favre comeback and that punt return for a td was awesome. The celebration has spread across the nfl though, because ive seen players on other teams leap into the stands after scoring a touchdown at their home stadiums.
Dating back to 1993, the lambeau leap has become the teams signature touchdown celebration. Donald driver leaps into fans at lambeau field august 12, 2005 against the san diego chargers photo. In the comedy lambeau leap, diehard nfl football fan matthew lenoue takes his longtime girlfriend emily. Espns todd mcshay does lambeau leap into wisconsin fans. Lambeau leaps and dirty birds 300pound dean lowry makes touchdown leap for packers. Minnesota vikings 30 at green bay packers 25 on september 7th, 2003 full team and player stats and box score. This is my first time going to green bay god willing i am a long time pakistan and i was just wondering wheres the best place to sit behind the packers bench warrant the lambeau leap section also do the tourist let you take a picture in the. Somewhere on this field, theres a selfiesnapping cowboys fan. Some nice wisconsin fans helped him out a little bit. The lambeau leap is a longstanding tradition at lambeau field, the home turf of the. Best place to sit behind packers bench or leap seats.
The lambeau leap, which has become a popular tradition in one of the most storied venues in the nfl, turns 15. The green bay packers defensive lineman recovered a fumble by tampa bay buccaneers quarterback jameis winston and rumbled 62 yards for a touchdown on sunday afternoon in green bay. He is credited with doing the first lambeau leap but he wasnt in the end zone that much. Published october 22nd 20 by crown archetype first published january 1st 20. Donald driver sneaks into the endzone past corey webster on a 90yard. The game featured the firstever lambeau leap after safety leroy butler. The green bay packers hosted the san diego chargers in their first preseason game at lambeau field thursday august 11, 2005. Dean lowry has his first nfl touchdown and first lambeau field. Driver has written his first childrens book, quickie makes the team, an illustrated hardcover book about a. Mix him in with donald driver, james jones, and even rookie jordy nelson, and aaron rodgers has an amazing receiving corps to throw to. Packers wide receiver donald driver has made a lambeau leap into the literary world.
Oddly enough, the original lambeau leap was executed by a defensive player, strong safety leroy butler. The home field of the green bay packers of the national football league nfl, it opened in 1957 as city stadium, replacing the original city stadium at east high school as the packers home field. The lambeau leap is legal, its not showing up the other team with an excessive celebration, not because of its storied past all the way back to 1993. Driver takes lambeau leap into the literary world onmilwaukee. The best, butler said, because he has like a 40inch vertical leap.
Our staffers are embedded for a game week, doing a deep dive into the nfls most tightly knit community. It was rededicated in the likeness of donald driver on june 15, 20. From homeless to hero, my journeys on and off lambeau. Gurley hopes to be lambeau leaping soon fox sports. The green bay packers 2008 outlook heading into their bye.
Espns todd mcshay isnt a player, though, so he had fun with it. Leroy butler iii born july 19, 1968 is a former american football strong safety who played his entire career with the green bay packers 19902001. The lambeau leap is a celebration started by green bay packers players who leap into the stands after scoring a touchdown at lambeau field. This is a phrase we have coined for the first 4 rows in the end zone. Packers james jones denied by lions fan video football. Eddie lacy wondering whether he should make a lambeau leap. Check out the green bay packers training camp, hall of. A lambeau leap into packers hall of fame january 31st, 20 here are teds offseason homework assignments january 22nd, 20 a. Green bay packers receiver donald driver enjoys a lambeau leap. The lambeau leap zone we usually have a limited number of seating options for you in the lambeau leap zone.
The packers finished with an 115 record but lost in the wild card round of the playoffs to the arizona cardinals. September 19th 2010 donald driver gets a touchtown and makes a lambeau leap right at us. Im going to be in green bay for the packers vs vikings game on october 2nd. While this incredibly humorous gridiron romantic comedy has yet to be made into a feature film, below is a quick synopsis to wet your appetite about the pending film. Green bay packers donald driver attempts to drink beer. Former green bay packers quarterback brett favre expects the. They scored a franchise record 461 points currently the third best behind the 2011 and 2014 teams besting the 1996 super bowl teams 456. He won super bowl xxxi with them over the new england patriots. The 2009 green bay packers season was the 91st season over all and their 89th in the national football league. Green bays donald driver celebrates his touchdown with a lambeau leap in the 2nd quarter. He spent his childhood in jacksonville, florida, challenged by physical problems that forced him to wear leg braces and use a wheelchair at times while undergoing therapy. Its hard to believe brett favre has only performed a singular lambeau leap in his.